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Arawak

adj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Pertaining to the Arawak peoples not-comparable
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A group of Amerindian languages spoken around the Caribbean.
  2. 2
    A Caribbean language belonging to this group.
Noun
  1. 1
    A member of an Amerindian people who lived in the region of the Caribbean when the Spanish arrived in America.

    "Another people, the Surinen, lived near the coast. Like the Arawaks and the Caribs, they had migrated northward into Suriname. The Arawak and Carib peoples greatly outnumbered the Surinen. The Surinen were disappearing by the late 1400s."

  2. 2
    a family of South American Indian languages spoken in northeastern South America wordnet
  3. 3
    A member of an Arawak indigenous group.
  4. 4
    a member of a widespread group of Amerindians living in northeastern South America wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Kari'na Aruwako, from the name in Lokono.

Etymology 2

From Kari'na Aruwako, from the name in Lokono.

Etymology 3

From Kari'na Aruwako, from the name in Lokono.

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